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Mike Pennington
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Portobello West Beach Portobello West Beach is 700 meters north west of Portobello in the county of City of Edinburgh.
Trevor Rickard
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Clevedon Bay Clevedon Bay beach is in North Somerset, 1 kilometers west of Clevedon.
Mike Smith
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Chesil Cove Chesil Cove beach is approximately 200 meters south of Chiswell.
Chris Gunns
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Duporth Duporth is on the south coast of Cornwall. It is a privately owned sandy beach, approximately 450 metres wide, backed...
Alan Bowring
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Bracelet Bay Bracelet Bay beach is approximately 1 kilometers east of Mumbles.
Chris Whippet 
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Folkestone Beach
Paul Glazzard
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Flamborough South Landing Beach
Robert Lamb
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Westbrook Bay, Margate The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving san...
Anne Burgess
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Balmedie Beach Balmedie Beach is approximately 1 kilometers north east of Balmedie.
Rod Allday
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Cawsand Beach Cawsand Beach is approximately 200 meters south east of Cawsand.
Helen Wilkinson
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Tunstall Tunstall is currently closed, there is no safe access to bathers due to coastal erosion. Tunstall Beach is a long rur...
Peter Eckersley
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Seascale The bathing water is a gently sloping, shingle beach giving way to a large, flat sandy area towards the sea. There is...
Andrew Curtis
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Tynemouth Cullercoats Beach
Keith Salvesen
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Findhorn Beach
Roger Cornfoot 
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Hope Cove Hope Cove is on the South coast of Devon. It is a remote sand and rock beach, approximately 370 metres wide, surround...
Steve  F
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Sunderland Roker Beach
Andy Beecroft
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Filey Filey Beach is an extensive sandy resort beach on the Yorkshire coast. The designated bathing water area is 850 metre...
Matt Rosser
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Llanstephan Beach
John Smitten
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Broadstairs, Viking Bay Viking Bay in Broadstairs is a 300 metre sandy horse-shoe shaped bay, with cliff-top promenade, harbour pier and boar...
Derek Harper
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Torre Abbey Beach
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